Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a
tragedy.

Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a
tragedy.

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world.
Someone to love, something to read more

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world.
Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.

How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.

How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is read more

Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.

It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it
is the spirit behind your actions and read more

It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it
is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner
state.

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert
integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers,
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Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert
integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers,
the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.

America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of read more

America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese. - The Lonely Crowd.